I've been with my girlfriend just over a year now and yesterday she finally said something I've been waiting for... She wants her own m4/3 camera! This is "a big deal" since she's been a Canon fangirl since the day we've met (well actually much longer). She's a freelance translator and does work for Canon sometimes. She's had a Canon EOS 350 for a some time now and at first she wouldn't believe my E-PL1 could take better pictures than her EOS. Well, it took one trip to London to make her admit E-PL1 was better.

Yesterday she wanted to borrow my E-PL1 - and obviously I let her. When she came back from shooting, she asked me how much the Lumix 20mm costs and told me to buy another m4/3 camera (that I've been planning for months) so she could have my old one.

I knew that someday she would admit that it's "pointless" to carry a big dinosaur (EOS 350D) everywhere when you could carry a camera that is half the size/weight and took better pictures. I don't think I can give my E-PL1 (that I love) to her but I've got a plan: Instead of buying just the VF-2 I've been planning, I will try to buy a and old E-P2 with the VF-2 from eBay. Then I could let her use the E-P2 as much as she wants. Though I'm pretty sure that it would end in buying another 20mm Lumix in our family... :tongue:

And here's a few words about our forum... I love this place. Everyone's kind and always willing to help. I follow a few Finnish forums and most of them are full of people who just mock others and think other people are dumber than they are. They don't make you feel welcome - unlike here. I know I don't contribute much here but I'm reading the posts here every day and enjoy my stay. Keep up the good work guys (and girls)!

Congratulations on the next steps together . I still have my dinosaur (350D+grip) lying around with the 50mm f1.8. I have way too many awesome memories associated with it. It'll probably be with me forever .

Sounds like you found the perfect woman, pake. And +1 on your comment about this forum. This place is so much more enjoyable, informative, and supportive than the other forum I regularly check. Kudos to the admin and the members here!

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To be honest, I wouldn't mind if she really bought the 5D. Then I could borrow it sometimes to get great pictures without any noise... =D

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Hmm, to get great pictures with less noise you say? You mean you want to buy the GH2 or GH1 then. Yea ether way its 3 or 4 times cheaper than the 5D.

Also regarding the E-P2, have you thought about how she might feel about not having an on board Flash flash available? I don't know if she uses it or not but i know that's a deal breaker with many. Maybe you should just upgrade to an E-PL2 and giver her the E-PL1.

Hmm, to get great pictures with less noise you say? You mean you want to buy the GH2 or GH1 then. Yea ether way its 3 or 4 times cheaper than the 5D.

Also regarding the E-P2, have you thought about how she might feel about not having an on board Flash flash available? I don't know if she uses it or not but i know that's a deal breaker with many. Maybe you should just upgrade to an E-PL2 and giver her the E-PL1.

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I don't know why but I prefer the "slimmer" models - even though I'm losing IQ because of it. And I'm only interested in 5D because of its superb image quality. Having a 5D could possibly mean less time playing with Lightroom & Photoshop (trying to get rid of the noise) but I think it's more important to have a camera that fits in your pocket (sometimes) and is easy to carry with. Unfortunately I can't have both. Yet. I'm pretty sure that will change in the near future.

Hmmm, good point. Perhaps I should ask about the flash before buying the E-P2...

I don't know why but I prefer the "slimmer" models - even though I'm losing IQ because of it. And I'm only interested in 5D because of its superb image quality. Having a 5D could possibly mean less time playing with Lightroom & Photoshop (trying to get rid of the noise) but I think it's more important to have a camera that fits in your pocket (sometimes) and is easy to carry with. Unfortunately I can't have both. Yet. I'm pretty sure that will change in the near future.

Hmmm, good point. Perhaps I should ask about the flash before buying the E-P2...

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Ha! No, trust me, and this is from personal experience, there is no less time spent in PP in either LR or PS with mine when she processes stuff from her 5D.

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